“I have to talk to some folks to figure out what’s [best] — I’m not a Washington insider, so I don’t know whether you wait on the Supreme Court steps for that sort of thing, or if there are other colleagues — either among insurance commissioners or some of my colleagues from Rhode Island — and where they’ll be gathering as well.”

“I’m interested in it as a citizen. This is the most significant piece of social policy legislation in the last 45 years that’s addressing a problem that’s bedeviled us for longer, and is only going to get worse. And then I’m interested as a public official for the people of Rhode Island.”

Koller declined to predict how the Supreme Court will rule on the issue.